Public Enemys Wife (Warner Bros.) (1936)

Mn. i (3rd Day Contest) Answer This Question And Win Tickets To Theatre If a woman is married to a public enemy, and is facing imprisonment because she has been involved, though in nocent, in his crimes, should she remain silent and loyal and take punishment, or should she turn State’s evidence and go free? (4th Day Publicity) Still Time To Win Tickets To Strand Theatre Never has a contest in this newspaper excited as much general interest or brought in as many replies from so many different kinds of people as this one, which is based on problems confronting those unfortunate women whose past lives have been linked by marriage to Public Enemies. The greatest man hunt in history is being conducted by the G-Men. The leading public enemies have all been killed or confined in penitentiaries. But what of their wives and sweethearts? What penalty will society exact from those girls divorced from their mates by G-Men’s bullets? Can they ever find love and happiness with other men, or will they write another bloody page in the annals of crime? Today you are asked to give advice to a public enemy’s former wife who has fallen in love with the G-Man whose gun had ended her former husband’s life. Write your answer in not more than 50 words, and send it to the “Public Enemy’s Wife” ConTest Wait or Of the: aetg se et (newspaper) before ...........0..00.0.... o'clock tomorrow. The ten best answers will each (Last Day Contest) Last Chance To Win Free Strand Theatre Tickets If the former wife of a public enemy had married a G-Man and knew that her former husband, who still loved her desperately, was seeking her; and knew too, that her Surely that is a mighty hard question for any woman Consider a wife, honest and loving, whose husband has involved her in his criminal career. Despite herself, she cares for him. Besides this, she knows the code of the to answer. underworld. She must either remain silent and go to prison, which is what the mobsters expect of their women, or she may tell the truth to the authorities and go free, branded as an informer by her former associates. What should she do? ey a ag (newspaper ) wants to know what its readers advise about this and the other pertinent problems that make up this new and unique contest for Movie Fans and others interested in the stark naked truth about the wives of the Public Enemies, left stranded without their mates in the wake of history’s greatest man hunt. Just write, in not more than 50 words, less if possible, what you would do if you were in the place of this Public Enemy’s Wife. Don’t try to write a long essay. Your answer, the reason for it, are all that will count toward the prizes which will go to the ten : (newspaper) readers submitting the best answers to the “Public Enemy’s Wife” ConLEStsawOtCOlscOte Ces ito scu-ceee resem (newspaper) before ............0.0.00 o’clock tomorrow when the lists for today close. The winners will each receive two tickets. to the ................. Theatre where the Warner Bros. picture “Public Enemy’s Wife” wil! OPEN ...c..:c00 with Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay in the leading roles. It took five years for the screen to give, and the public to take a dramatic shock such as this picture. Five years ago Warner Bros. made the public stand aghast with the daring revelations of the greatest crime picture “Public Enemy.” Now the same producers feel that the publie is ready for its sequel, dealing with those Crime War widows, freed forever from their mobster mates by G-Men’s guns. It’s a startling situation, but it really exists. win two tickets’ to the~.:=..:.,..5 Theatre to see the Warner Bros. picture “Public Enemy’s Wife” in which Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay answer this question as well as all the others on which this contest has been based. “Public Enemy’s Wife” which contest are those actually faced apond at she fc: Theatre by these Public Enemies’ Wives. Oke acces is the sequel to the Tell what you think she should most famous crime picture ever do and win two tickets to see filmed, “Public Enemy.” It shows the picture when it opens at the the tragedy strewn aftermath of hs ae Pee Theatre. America’s war on crime. (4th Day Contest) Your Advice May Win Prize Can there be any happiness in the marriage between a G-Man and the widow’ of a former public enemy who had been killed by a bullet from the G-Man’s gun? Remember the man’s career depends upon everything entering his life and the girl has, despite herself, been besmirched by underworld contacts. Your answer to this question may win two tickets to “Public Enemy’s Wife’ at the ........ Theatre. present husband would kill the Public Enemy on sight, what should she do? Should she warn her former spouse of his danger? Should she reveal his whereabouts to her present husband? Or should she remain quiet? Your answer may win you two tickets to the ...................... Theatre to see “Public Enemy’s Wife’ which opens there (0) | Pee Aetorag ae This question, which had to be answered by Margaret Lindsay in her role as a ‘‘Public Enemy’s Wife,’’ the Warner Bros. picture coming to the ...... chp eS mets Theatrée.on %..2 Se is difficult to answer, because it presents a problem of loyalty. Has any woman a right to jeopardize the career of a G-Man by marrying him, when her background is smirched with contact with the underworld? And if she does marry him, what of the former husband who still loves her, and wants to see her? Should she remain silent, or should she warn the G-Man that the man he is hunting is coming to see her? Should she tell her former mate of the danger of the G-Man’s gun? What would you advise a woman in such a position? This is the last of a series of questions that must be answered by America which has just ended the greatest crime hunt in its history. It has buried or jailed its leading public enemies. Their women stiil remain. What will become of them? Hundreds <0f ca ski (newspaper) readers have sent in answers to the questions which have been asked for the past four days. And each day ten readers have won two tickets each to thers so iess Theatre to see how the questions are answered in “Public Enemy’s Wife.” Here’s the last chance to win two tickets. Answer the question as briefly as possible, in not more than 50 words, and send it to the “Publie Enemy’s Wife” Contest Editor Of: thoes See Theatre before et ee ee o'clock tomorrow, after which no replies will be considered. Remember, only the answers and the reasons behind them will be considered. Ability as a writer, spelling or penmanship will not count. Simply give the best and most logical answer you can. You will want to see “Public Enemy’s Wife,” which is the se quel to the famous crime ‘picture of five years ago “Public Enemy.” It-comes-to thesna aae..c TheaPO: LOW = acces ea , With Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay in the leading roles and a big all star cast. RULES OF CONTEST . All answers must be limited to 50 words. Replies should be written on one side of the paper only. . The name and address of the contestant should be printed in the upper left hand corner of the page. No replies will be returned. The decisions of the judges will be final, and the LEADER cannot enter into a discussion of them. Awards will be given only on the strength of the suggestion or answer. No attention will be paid to handwriting, spelling or literary ability. Contestants may submit as may replies as they wish. In no case, however, will more than one prize be awarded to a single contestant. Winners will be announced in the LEADER as soon as the judges hand down their decisions. . Each day’s contest is independent of the others. All replies must be sent to the “Public Enemy’s Wife’? Contest Editor of the LEADER before six o’clock of the day following the publication of each day’s contest. Page Nine